BLUE BIRD Complaints

THE LEFT REAR BRAKE HOSE BECAME CHAFED BY RUBBING AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE BUS, UNIT #96 (EVANSVILLE - VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORPORATION, PUPIL TRANSPORTATION). NLM

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEFT REAR BRAKE HOSE IS CHAFING ON THE FRAME. UNIT#206-HYDRAULIC BRAKES WITH ABS. *SCC

THE LEFT REAR BRAKE HOSE IS CHAFFING ON THE FRAME. THE HOSE FAILED WITH A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. *JG

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE HOOD AREA AND THE STEERING WHEEL HAD A LOT OF PLAY INSIDE OF IT. NLM CONSUMER ADDS STEERING WILL LOCK UP AT ANY SPEED AND WHILE TURNING. *TT

CONSUMER STATED THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES, CODE HAS BEEN CLEARED AND THE HAS BEEN SENSOR ADJUSTED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *AK. *JB

SCHOOL BUS DID NOT PASS SUMMER INSPECTION DUE TO EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. SIDE ARM WAS TOO BELOW WINDOW, AND A CHILD COUD CUT OR SERIOUSLY BE INJURED UPON BEING LIFTED DOWN.*AK *YD

SCHOOL BUS DID NOT PASS SUMMER INSPECTION DUE TO EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT ON DRIVERS SIDE. SIDE ARM WAS TOO BELOW WINDOW, AND A CHILD COULD CUT OR SERIOUSLY BE INJURED UPON BEING LIFTED DOWN.*AK *YD

SCHOOL BUS DID NOT PASS SUMMER INSPECTION DUE TO EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT ON DRIVERS SIDE, SIDE ARM WAS TOO MUCH BELOW THE WINDOW, AND A CHILD COULD CUT OR SERIOUSLY BE INJURED UPON BEING LIFTED DOWN. *AK *YD

THERE WAS A CROSSOVER MIRROR BRACKET CHANGE IN 2000 FOR THE BUSBOY CROSSOVER MIRRORS ON THE FRONT FOR THE BLUEBIRD/GM KODIAC CHASSIS SCHOOL BUSES. AS A RESULT OF THIS BRACKET CHANGE THAT WAS DESIGNED AT THE REQUEST OF BLUEBIRD SO THE CROSSOVER MIRRORS WOULD MET THE INTENT OF FMVSS NO. 111. MIRROR LITE CO. LOWERED THE BRACKET HEIGHT BY APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 INCHES AND EXTENDED THE BRACKET 8 TO 10 INCHES FARTHER OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUS. WITH THE BUSBOY CROSSOVER MIRROR 8 TO 10 INCHES LOWER AND OUT FARTHER IN FRONT OF THE BUS THE HEADLIGHS ARE REFLECTED INTO THE MIRRORS AND THUS REFLECTING THE HEADLIGHTS LIGHT BACK INTO THE DRIVER'S EYES. THIS OCCURS EVEN WHEN THE MIRRORS ARE ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO FMVSS NO. 111 AND THE ROSCOE MIRROR GRID. ACCORDING TO BLUEBIRD AND MIRROR LITE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND MIRROR LITE CO. HAS MANUFACTURED A "HEADLIGHT HOOD" KIT THAT SHOULD KEEP THE HEADLIGHTS FROM REFLECTING INTO THE MIRROR AND BLINDING THE DRIVER AT NIGHT. NIETHER COMPANIES HAS OFFERED THOSE KITS TO OWNERS OF THE SCHOOL BUSES NOR HAVE THE OWNERS BEEN MADE AWARE OF A POTIENTIAL HAZARD OF THE LIGHTS REFLECTING BACK IN THE CROSSOVER MIRRORS BLINDING THE DRIVERS. THESE MIRRORS HAVE BEEN USED ON BLUEBIRD/GM KODIAC CHASSIS BUSES SINCE AT LEAST 1993. SHOULD THE OLDER SCHOOL BUSES BE RETROFITED AND SHOULD THE NEW BRACKET BE MODIFIED TO KEEP THE HEADLIGHTS FROM BEING REFLECTED INTO THE DRIVERS EYES. *AK

MANUFACTURER'S RECALL R01FF; VEHICLE WAS CONSUMED BY A FIRE THAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHERE BATTERY WAS LOCATED. POSSIBLE SHORT CIRCUIT COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE TO START. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK